Between the lines, the International Monetary Fund's latest analysis of Congo-Brazzaville's economy reveals a meagre record of economic achievements for the decades of rule by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

Contrary to what Samba-Panza said publicly the following week, AC has learned, it was she who put Meckassoua's name forward rather than Fabius or the official mediator, Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...

Yet to the frustration of human rights and anti-corruption campaigners, some of whom held demonstrations outside the State Department for the duration of the summit, other long-stay leaders such as Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang, Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Cameroon's Paul Biya, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré were accorded full diplomatic honours and, more discreetly, feted by local business groups and lobbyists...

Significantly, the CEEAC summit followed the 6 June meeting in Luanda hosted by Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos with the aim of reconciling Déby and Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso...